M&A Deal Summary

Moseley Associates Acquires GE MDS

On July 17, 2000, Moseley Associates acquired technology hardware company GE MDS for 42M USD

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Moseley Associates’ 1st transaction in the Technology Hardware sector.
  • This is Moseley Associates’ largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is Moseley Associates’ 1st transaction in the United States.
  • This is Moseley Associates’ 1st transaction in New York.
Investment Fate
  • GE MDS was divested to a consortium of strategic buyers in 2007.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2000-07-17
Target GE MDS
Sector Technology Hardware
Buyer(s) Moseley Associates
Deal Type Divestiture
Deal Value 42M USD

Target

GE MDS

Rochester, New York, United States
MDS is a provider of industrial, wireless, networking solutions with applications in the supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA), automation, telecommunication, public safety, and online transactional market segments. The business designs and manufactures networked high-speed point-to-multipoint, and medium and low capacity point-to-point microwave radios for use in oil and gas, utility, traffic monitoring, public safety, and lottery industries.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Moseley Associates

Santa Barbara, California, United States

Category Company
Sector Communications
DESCRIPTION

Moseley is an ISO 9001 company with offices in Santa Barbara, California; Richmond, Virginia; San Diego, California; and the U.K., France, and Egypt. Moseley and its wholly owned subsidiaries, Axxcelera Broadband Wireless and CarrierComm, offer wireless solutions from 9.6 kbps to 1 Gbps covering the 250 MHz to 38 GHz spectrum for both point-to-point and point-to-multipoint applications for the broadcast, carrier, broadband enterprise, and service provider marketplaces. Moseley uses proprietary technologies and owns more than 50 patents. The company has delivered more than a million radios deployed in over 120 countries.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 2
Sector (Technology Hardware) 1 of 1
Type (Divestiture) 1 of 2
State (New York) 1 of 1
Country (United States) 1 of 2
Year (2000) 1 of 1
Size (of disclosed) 1 of 1
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2007-01-05 GE MDS

Rochester, New York, United States

MDS is a provider of industrial, wireless, networking solutions with applications in the supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA), automation, telecommunication, public safety, and online transactional market segments. The business designs and manufactures networked high-speed point-to-multipoint, and medium and low capacity point-to-point microwave radios for use in oil and gas, utility, traffic monitoring, public safety, and lottery industries.

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